There are a number of future projects we hope to undertake to preserve and restore
some of the most significant heritage sites in Tiree.
Kilkenneth Chapel and Saint Patrick's Temple
The Nàdair 2 Projects follow naturally from the initial range of environmental and heritage projects in the Argyll Islands that have been co-ordinated by the Nàdair Trust. Amongst the many follow-on projects Tiree Heritage Society is seeking grant support from the Heritage Lottery Fund via the Nàdair Trust and from Historic Scotland for the conservation of the ancient chapels at Kilkenneth and Ceann a' Bharra.
Archaeology
Following the completion of a Nàdair Trust project by an expert team based in
St. Andrews in 2001 on Tiree's coastal archaeology, the heritage Society would hope to encourage the formation of an archaeological study group. This would have the purpose of acquainting interested residents and visitors with current sites and alerting professional archaeological bodies about possible new sites.
Archaeology Bibliography
Coll and Tiree, their Prehistoric Forts and Ecclesiastical Antiquities
by Erskine Beveridge, 1903. Reprinted 2000 by Birlinn Limited.
Dùn Mòr Vaul, an Iron Age Broch on Tiree
by Euan W MacKie, 1974. University of Glasgow Press.
Kirkapol Old Parish Church, Isle of Tiree
by Olivia LeLong, 2001. Glasgow University Archaeological Division.
An archaeological watching brief carried out on behalf of Tiree Heritage Society.
Coastal Archaeology Report
available for consultation at An Iodhlann, Scarinish, Isle of Tiree.
Inventory of Monuments in Argyll
HMSO, 1980.
This is part of a series compiled by the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical
Monuments of Scotland. Argyll is Volume 3.
Possible Future Publications
A religious history of Tiree from earliest times, set in the context of developments
in Christianity, in the Hebrides.
Republication of some of the works of Reverend J Gregorson Campbell (Church of Scotland minister in Tiree 1861-1891) in the field of Hebridean folklore.
Republications of the Tiree Bards (Gaelic). |